thus: _Curry_ him
after he is uncloath'd, from his _Ear-tips_ to his _Tayle_, and his
whole Body intirely (save his Legs under the Knees, and Cambrels) with
an _Iron Comb_; then Dust him, and Rub him with a _Brush_ of _Bristles_
over again. Dust him again, and wetting your hand in clean Water, rub
off all the loose Hairs, and so rub him dry as at first; then with a
fine _Hair Cloth_ rub him all over; and Lastly, with a fine _Linnen
Cloth_; and then pick his _Eyes_, _Nostrils_, _Sheath_, _Cods_, _Tuel_,
and _Feet_, clean.

The best _Food_ for your _Racer_, is good, sweet, well dryed, sunned,
and beaten _Oats_: Or else _Bread_ made of one part _Beans_, and two
parts _Wheat_ (_i. e._) two _Bushells_ of _Wheat_, to one of _Beans_,
ground together: Boult through a fine _Range_ half a _Bushell_ of fine
_Meal_, and bake that in two or three _Loaves_ by it self, and with
_Water_, and good store of _Barme_, knead up, and bake the rest in great
_Loaves_, having sifted it through a _Meal-sieve_: [But to your _Finer_,
you would do well to put the _Whites_ of Twenty or Thirty _Eggs_, and
with the _Barme_ a little _Ale_, 'tis no matter how little _Water_:]
With the _Courser_ feed him on his Resting dayes, on his Labouring dayes
with the _Finer_.

The best _Time for feeding_ your _Runner_ on his _Resting-dayes_ is;
After his _Watering_ in the Morning, at _One_ a Clock at Noon, after his
_VVatering_ in the Evening, and at _Nine_ or _Ten_ a Clock at Nights: On
his _Dayes of Labour_, Two Hours after he is throughly Cold, outwardly
and inwardly, as before.

As for the Proportion of Meat, I shall not confine your Love to a
Quantity, only give him a little at once, as long as his Appetite is
Good: When he begins to fumble and play with his Meat, hold your Hand,
shut up your Sack.

As for his _Exercise_ it ought to be Thrice a Week, as his bodily
Condition requires; if he be foul, moderate Exercise will break his
Grease; if clean, then as you judge best, taking heed of breaking his
Mettle, or discouraging him, or laming his Limbs. Before you air him to
add to his Wind, it is requisite to give him a raw Egg broken in his
mouth: If your Horse be very _Fat_, air him before Sun-rising and after
Sun-set; if _Lean_, deprive him not of the least strength and Comfort of
the _Sun_ you can devise. To make him _Sweat_ sometimes by coursing him
in his Cloathes is necessary, if moderate; but without his Cloaths, let
it be sharp and swift. See that h